Supplier Industrialization Engineer - MX

Base Power; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Base Power is looking for a Supplier Development Engineer based in Austin, TX, to optimize manufacturing processes and manage supplier relationships. You will work closely with suppliers in Mexico and internal teams to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness in production.

The role requires strong organizational and analytical skills, with knowledge across different manufacturing processes. Expect significant travel (50%+) to engage with suppliers effectively.

Qualifications

• Strong skills in coordinating across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience in negotiating and structuring outcomes in a B2B2C context.
• Familiarity with various manufacturing processes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure on-time deliveries of quality parts and assemblies from suppliers.
• Support supplier qualification through audits of facilities and standards.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities for scaling production without quality loss.

Skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical mindset

Manufacturing knowledge

Tools

SQL

Dashboards

CRMs

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a Supplier Development Engineer based in Mexico to join our team. Base is an incredibly data driven organization which extends directly into our supply chain. We want to know the efficiencies and deficiencies of our suppliers just as well, if not better, than our own factories. This role focuses on ensuring that suppliers’ manufacturing processes are optimized for the production of high-quality, cost-effective products. You will work closely with suppliers in Mexico and internal teams to drive product and process improvements, manage supply chain issues, and ensure successful integration of new products into mass production.

What You’ll Do

• Boost on the ground eyes and ears of Base Power throughout Mexico, ensuring on-time deliveries of quality parts and assemblies
• Ramp supplier lines from early prototyping through full-scale production, ensuring sourcing phase: readiness across equipment, staffing, and processes.
• Size‑up suppliers to see if they are a cultural fit to work with Base on a long‑term basis
• Work directly with suppliers to assess, design, and optimize manufacturing processes to meet production requirements. Ensure suppliers are capable of scaling production without compromising quality.
• Support the supplier qualification process, including auditing manufacturing facilities, production processes, and quality standards.
• Support design for manufacturability reviews in the product design phase as a representative of “the supplier”.
• Evaluate the “should cost” of supplier manufacturing strategies to inform the investment value of Base in our suppliers

What You'll Bring

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Commercial acumen to structure, negotiate, and sustain win‑win‑win outcomes for Base, our partner, and our members in a B2B2C environment.
• Analytical and data‑driven mindset; comfort working with modern tools (e.g., SQL, dashboards, CRMs) and rolling up your sleeves when needed.
• Manufacturing knowledge across one or multiple process types: PCBA, electro‑mechanical assembly, sheetmetal, injection molding, casting, coating, etc.
• Ability to travel throughout Mexico and to the US. Depending on home location, expect travel 50%+.

About this Team

The Supplier Development team owns the scaling portion of our supply chain. Our team focuses on how a product can be built, defining the process technology and equipment solutions along the way. We are the feedback loop with the product design team to ensure designs are manufacturable both at cost and scale. Supplier Development Engineers owns the roadmap of a supplier’s journey from pilot volumes to full‑scale production.

Our team sits at the intersection of manufacturing operations and supply chain, responsible for ensuring that Base’s products can be built at scale — without compromising on quality or cost. We work hands‑on with a global supply base to qualify suppliers, stand up production lines, and resolve the hard technical problems that arise when moving from prototype to mass production. Our work directly enables Base’s mission by ensuring that every battery system we deploy is built to spec and delivered on time. If you want to own the manufacturing outcome of real hardware at a rapidly growing company, this is the team to join.

Please note: Base is a startup, which means priorities shift and evolve quickly. Your role may expand or change based on the needs of the business at any given time, so the responsibilities listed may not be exhaustive.